Excerpt from The Sydney Magazine of Science and Art, 1858, Vol. 1: Containing, by Authority, the Proceedings of the Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society and the Philosophical Society of New South Wales To the members of the Philosophical Society of New South Wales and of the Horticultural Society we are also indebted for their patronage, and trust we have repaid the obligation by presenting them in a concise and convenient form with a record of their Transactions, which would otherwise have been buried in the columns of a daily newspaper. The Editor is quite conscious of numerous deficiencies in the plan 1and execu tion of his work, and would avert the severity of criticism by the consideration that his efforts, feeble as they may have been, were sincerely intended for the advancement of the Colony, and that, but for this periodical, many valuable suggestions and much statistical information would have been lost to succeeding labourers in the same field. At any rate we have the satisfaction of knowing that many residents in the interior have derived valuable information from our pages, and have acknowledged their obligations in the local journals. We are proud and happy to say that we have received promises of assistance from gentlemen interested in scientific pursuits who have not hitherto contributed to our columns, while we hope to retain the support of those gentlemen who have so kindly. Helped us during the past year. It is only just to the enterprising Publisher to say, that at present, the magazine has not paid the expense of its production. We appeal to the members of those Societies whose proceedings it records, and who are not already subscribers, to yield it a more liberal support. We shall thus be enabled to add to its attraction by more frequent illustrations, and by engaging competent correspondents on scientific subjects. To the country, and especially to the metropolitan press, we beg to express our warmest thanks for its appreciation of our efforts, and assure our kind critics that we ave a resolute will to merit a continuance of their approbation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.